Oil Barons

Oil Barons is a video game in the strategy genre developed by Epyx, Inc. and published by Epyx, Inc. originally released in 1983. It is currently playable on DOS, Apple II, Commodore 64.

Oil Barons is a turn-based strategy game for one to eight players. The objective of the game is to accumulate as much wealth as possible by locating and drilling for oil. During the game you will have to survey different lands, from the arctic to the desert, for oil potential, choose the best sites and drill. Congress may from time to time pass bills prohibiting drilling in parks and other reserved lands, which may or may not affect the player's strategy. There are several game modes, including classic normal, reality mode (oil locations are more random at the beginning of the game, and costs are supposed to more closely resemble real life), and custom modes. The game includes a game board with a 50x40 grid of landscapes in which to drill, and dozens of game pieces to keep track of which locations belong to a player and where oil has (or has not) been discovered. This makes Oil Barons look like a board game, but with a computer keeping score and adding a random element in place of dice.

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